[ GLSA 200808-11 ] UUDeview: Insecure temporary file creation

[Pierre-Yves Rofes <py () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200808-11
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                                             http://security.gentoo.org/
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   Severity: Normal
      Title: UUDeview: Insecure temporary file creation
       Date: August 11, 2008
       Bugs: #222275, #224193
         ID: 200808-11

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Synopsis
========

A vulnerability in UUDeview may allow local attackers to conduct
symlink attacks.

Background
==========

UUdeview is encoder and decoder supporting various binary formats.
NZBGet is a command-line based binary newsgrabber supporting .nzb
files.

Affected packages
=================

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      Package            /   Vulnerable   /                  Unaffected
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
   1  app-text/uudeview      < 0.5.20-r1                   >= 0.5.20-r1
   2  news-nntp/nzbget         < 0.4.0                         >= 0.4.0
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
      2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
     -------------------------------------------------------------------

Description
===========

UUdeview makes insecure usage of the tempnam() function when creating
temporary files. NZBGet includes a copy of the vulnerable code.

Impact
======

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite
arbitrary files on the system.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All UUDview users should upgrade to the latest version:

     # emerge --sync
     # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/uudeview-0.5.20-r1"

All NZBget users should upgrade to the latest version:

     # emerge --sync
     # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=news-nntp/nzbget-0.4.0"

References
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   [ 1 ] CVE-2008-2266
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2266

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

   http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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